Create your own Arizona day trip experience!

Whether you wish to plan a trip to see nature and wildlife, learn about the history of the southwest or just want to get away from it all Arizona has a variety of places to see and things to do that will interest any recreational adventurer.

Day trips make a refreshing break from the chaos of the daily routine. They can also be cheap, since many of the areas are distant from the city.

Arizona features a surprising range of terrain that includes desert, grassy lowlands and vegetated mountain regions. The climate found across the state also shows much variety. And you don't have to travel far to appreciate this assortment of scenery. In the summer you can take a break in the cool, nearby hills, while the lower lying areas are more popular in the winter months.

Ajo was settled long ago as a mining community, but the days when pack mules carried copper ore to Yuma have long since ended. An easily forgotten fact is that Ajo is supposed to have been the first copper mine in Arizona. Ajo is a community of several thousand residents that is located in the southwestern Arizona. This puts it in the southwest of the southwest; just the place you want to be if desert living- with all its wonder and excitement- is what interests you.

The name of this town is thought to be either from the Spanish word garlic or is an Indian word for paint, because the Indians collected copper minerals to make the paint for their bodies.

The landscape is fantastic, and the saguaro cactus pictured there are famous for their fine posture and condition. Firm and full, you can hear rustling of the wildlife as they cluster about these